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　　What is your favourite colour?Do you like yellow, orange, and red?If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement．Do you prefer grey and blues?Then you are probably quiet, shy and you would rather follow than lead．If you love green, you are strong-minded and determined．You wish to succeed and want other people to see you are successful．At least this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of colour preference, and the influence that colours have on human beings．They tell us that we don’t choose our favourite colours as we grow up．If you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly．

　　A yellow room makes us feel more cheerful and more comfortable than a dark green one, and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day．On the other hand, black is depressing．Light and bright colours make people not only happier but more active．It is a fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines and painted orange rather than black or dark grey．

　　Remember, then, that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colourful things．Remember also that you will know your friends and your enemies better when you find out what colours they like and dislike．And don’t forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character when you choose a piece of handkerchief．

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　　On the football field, the strikers who make the goals win the loudest applause (掌声)．

　　Some think they are the only heroes that can get the top awards．

　　The Italian footballer Fabio Cannavaro has proved this view wrong．He shows that every player in a match counts．He did this by winning the FIFA Player of the Year award on December 18．

　　The 33-year-old Cannavaro once helped Italy to get its fourth World Cup title．This time, he competed with two strikers Zine Zidane and Rinaldinho．He finally beat them．A lot of people said this award should have gone to a striker．But Cannavaro has again beaten this view．

　　Cannavaro learned to play football in a town of Naples, Italy．Later, he became a ball boy at the city’s stadium．That was before he entered the Series A game in his country．

　　While the Italian football clubs were criticized(批评)because of scandals(流言)，he set a role model by trying his best to do well in every match．It has encouraged other players and given hope to the country’s football spirit．

　　Cannavaro stands out most for his leadership．As captain of Italy at the World Cup, he knew how to bring out the country’s defensive tradition．A lot of top defenders were born in Italy．

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　　A little boy came to a new town with his parents, His name is Peter．His family is very rich．They have a driver and a cook, and they have a lot of servants(仆人)．

　　Peter is going to a new school．On the first day, his mother says to him,“Peter, be modest at your new school．Don’t say we are rich．”And Peter says,“Yes, mum．”

　　So Peter goes to school．The first class is composition(作文)．The subject of the composition is“My Family”．

　　My name is Peter．My family is very poor．Both my father and my mother are very poor．Our driver is poor and the cook is poor, the other servants are poor……”

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No author in American literature(文学)is better known or more loved than Samuel Langhorne Clemens．Born in Mission in 1835, he grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River and later used the pen name of “ Mark Twain”．The two novels, Tom Sawyer and Hucklebery Fin, brought him great fame．Another book, Life on the Mississippi, told of his adventures on the river boats of that period．It was during the Civil War that Mark Twain’s life as a writer started．At that time he was working as a newspaper man in Nevada and California．In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon．He had fallen in love with her picture even before he met her, Mark Twain was also a very successful lecturer．He travels around the country giving talks on variety(不同)of subjects helped make him famous and increase the sale of his books．

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　　Mr．Wu：Good morning, Bruce．Sit down, please．May I ask you some questions?

　　Bruce：Certainly．What do you want to know?

　　Mr．Wu：First, when were you born, Bruce?

　　Bruce：On June 22,1990．

　　Mr．Wu：Secondly, where were you born?

　　Bruce：In Sydney, Australia．

　　Mr．Wu：Where was your father born?

　　Bruce：He was born in Sydney, too．

　　Mr．Wu：When was he born?

　　Bruce：Sorry, I don't know．But I know he's about forty years old．

　　Mr．Wu：I see．What does your father do?

　　Bruce：He’s a doctor．He works in a hospital here．

　　Mr．Wu：Is your mother working in China, too?

　　Bruce：No, she works in Sydney．She’s coming to China soon．

　　Mr．Wu：Oh, that’s very good．I have no more questions．Thank you, Bruce．

　　Bruce：You’re welcome, Mr．Wu．Good-bye．

　　Mr．Wu：Good-bye．

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　　A grown-up(成年)person has ten or eleven pints(品脱)of blood(血液)inside his or her body．We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose too much blood, we feel weak and cold．Our faces become pale(苍白)．We may die．This is what often happens when somebody is hurt in an accident, or a soldier is hurt in a war．Many people used to die in this way．But today they can be taken to hospital and given more blood．Almost at once they feel better．Their faces are no longer pale．They do not die．

　　Where does this blood come from?People who are healthy may donate blood(献血)to a blood bank so that it can be used to save people’s lives．When they go to donate blood, a special kind of needle(针)is put into the arm．It does not hurt．The blood runs through the needle and through a rubber tube(橡胶管)into a bottle or a bag．A pint of blood is taken this way．The person who has given blood drinks a cup of tea or coffee and rests for a few minutes．Then he feels quite well．And he may give his blood this way three months later．

　　A person who gives blood feels happy, because he knows that his blood will be used to save someone’s life．Perhaps one day he himself will need blood．

　　When you are older, you may give blood, too．But you can not do this until you are eighteen．

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　　Tom goes to see his grandparents with his father．On the train Tom often puts his head out of the window．His father says, “Tom, don’t put your head out of the window．” But Tom goes on putting his head out of the window．

　　His father takes Tom’s hat quietly, hides it behind his back and says to Tom, “You see, your hat is gone．” Tom is afraid．His father says, “ Well, whistle(吹口哨)once．Maybe your hat will come back．”Tom whistles．His father puts the hat on Tom’s head quickly．” Oh!It’s wonderful!” Tom laughs and says．He quickly takes his father’s hat and throws it out of the window．” Now it’s your turn to whistle, Dad!” He says happily．

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　　In China, more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before．Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do．Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents．Also, some students don’t know how to save time(节约时间)．They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time．Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games．They stay up very late．Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school on time by bus or by bike．It can be a long way from home to school．

　　Schools said parents should cut down(减少)some of the homework so that children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health．For children, we should make best use of our time．When we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health．

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　　Computers are very important to modern life．Many people think that in the future computers will be used a lot in everyday life．It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet．There will be no more books because we will be able to get all from computers．The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food．Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too．

　　Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating．Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways．

　　Let’s look at books, for example．Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper．Instead, we will buy and read books using computers．We will read texts on small pocket computers．The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time．We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved．Computerized(计算机化)books will be used more and more．

　　Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop?Many people say it is not．It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy．It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers．Because paper books will perhaps be more friendly．Maybe computers won’t change these two habits(习惯)．

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　　Michael Jordan(was born in 1963)is the most famous basketball player in the world．He was born in Brooklyn, New York．He didn’t like to talk to other people about himself．He was also very short．He didn’t “play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first．But the next year things changed greatly for him as he grew much taller．

　　Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina．Michael used his quickness and strength to reach the basket again and again．He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”．

　　After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls．The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player．He was named “ Rookie ” of the year in 1985 and”Most Valuable Player ” in 1987．He once set a record by getting 63 points in one game．

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